Status indicators, alarm responses, and alarm states
The status bar gives an overview of the alarm and event activity on the
FactoryTalk Alarms and Events
servers, provides a quick way to respond to the alarms, and controls the state of the alarm bell.Status indicators
Icon | Description | Information |
|---|---|---|
 | The connection to all alarm and event servers is good. | Point at the icon to see a tooltip that lists the server names and their connection status. |
 | The connection to one or more alarm and event servers has been lost. | Point at the icon to see a tooltip that lists the server names and their connection status. |
 | The alarm queue overflow status. | The text Event Limit Exceeded is displayed in this panel if the number of event entries in the Alarm and Event Banner queue has exceeded 2000. The text Refresh event list is displayed in this panel when the number of event entries in the Alarm and Event Banner queue has dropped below 2000. |
 | The total number of alarms that have the status of In Alarm and Unacknowledged. | When the count of alarms is zero the icon is gray. |
 | The total number of alarms that have the status of In Alarm and Acknowledged. | When the count of alarms is zero the icon is gray. |
 | The total number of alarms that have the status of Normal and Unacknowledged. | When the count of alarms is zero the icon is gray. |
 | The total number of events that have the status of Active. | When the count of events is zero the icon is gray. |
 | The number of faults for all alarms, or the text Alarm Fault Limit Exceeded when the number of faults exceeds 500. | Double-click the panel to show the Alarm Faults dialog box. When the count is zero the icon is gray. |
 | The number of unknown alarm messages that are ignored. | When the count is zero, the icon is not displayed. |
Alarm responses
Button | Description | Information |
|---|---|---|
 | Used to acknowledge the selected alarm. | The button is disabled if the selected alarm is acknowledged or if no alarm is selected. |
 | Used to acknowledge the alarm and enter a comment. | The button is disabled if the selected alarm is acknowledged or if no alarm is selected. |
 | Used to shelve the alarm and enter a specific duration for which the alarm can be shelved and a comment. | The button is disabled if no alarm is selected. |
 | Used to silence all alarms. | When alarms are silenced, click to restore audible alarms. |
Alarm bell state
Button | Description | Information |
|---|---|---|
 | Shows that the alarm bell is enabled, clicking the button disables the alarm bell. | The bell will sound when new alarm events occur. |
 | Shows that the alarm bell is disabled, clicking the button enables the alarm bell. | When the alarm bell is disabled, new alarms will not sound the bell. |
 | Used to run the Alarm command associated with an alarm. | This button is enabled if the selected alarm has a command configured. |
 | Run the Alarm and Event Summary command configured for the Alarm and Event Banner. | This button only shows if the command is configured. |
 | Refresh the alarm queue and update the alarm list. | The event queue of the Alarm and Event Banner can hold a maximum of 2000 entries. If more than 2000 alarms are active at the same time, the oldest alarms overflow the queue and are no longer known to the Alarm and Event Banner. Once the number of alarms drops below 2000, it may be necessary to refresh the event queue in order to show the old alarms that were removed from the queue due to the overflow. This should be a very rare occurrence. |
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